Germany trialled a new four-day work week with great success, as 73% of companies will continue to only work four days out of the week.
They call it the ‘100-80-100’ concept. This means employees will retain 100% of their salary, work 80% of the time, but contribute 100% of their output still.
It’s getting rather tiresome to see every new report that the 4-day work week is a superior option delivered as if this is some groundbreaking new thing. Everybody knows it by now. The workers know it (not that they needed to be told), the C-suite knows it, the data backs it up, it’s all there except the implementation…
I would appreciate it if further articles about this or instead framed as “Why don’t we have a 4-day work week yet when it’s common knowledge that it’s the better option?” or “Our corporate overlords continue to demand a 5-day work week even though the superior way forward has been laid bare for all to see”.
Of course, since those same overlords are the ones that control the narrative, it won’t happen. But it’s nice to dream!
It’s getting rather tiresome to see every new report that the 4-day work week is a superior option delivered as if this is some groundbreaking new thing. Everybody knows it by now. The workers know it (not that they needed to be told), the C-suite knows it, the data backs it up, it’s all there except the implementation…
I would appreciate it if further articles about this or instead framed as “Why don’t we have a 4-day work week yet when it’s common knowledge that it’s the better option?” or “Our corporate overlords continue to demand a 5-day work week even though the superior way forward has been laid bare for all to see”.
Of course, since those same overlords are the ones that control the narrative, it won’t happen. But it’s nice to dream!